NEW YORK – Capo Auction Fine Art and Antiques in Long Island City celebrated their five-year anniversary with auctions on Sept. 26 and Oct. 24 that featured a selection of contemporary art, highly desirable jewelry pieces, Chinese decorative items and unusual furniture.

Substantial crowds turned up for the auctions after a generous amount of presale interest and online bidding in all categories. Bidding in the room and on the phones escalated early in the fine and contemporary art arena and continued throughout the day at both auctions.
LiveAuctioneers.com provided absentee and Internet live bidding.

A Robert Indiana (American, b. 1928) painting, titled The American Love (above), enamel on aluminum, 1975, sold for $3,000. From an edition of approximately 100, the framed work measured 14 1/8 x 13 3/8 inches.

Much excitement surrounded the sale of the Willi’s Wine Bar lithograph poster (below) by A.M. Cassandre, 1984, first edition. It was one of a series of paintings commissioned by Willie’s Wine Bar, Paris, wherein artists were asked to create pieces that represented the pleasures of wine and wine culture. Sight size was 39 by 27 inches. It sold for $4,200.

Another modern work that sold to an overseas buyer was the After Fernando Botero (Columbian, b. 1932) El Gato (Cat) bronze (below). The figure was signed on base “E/A Botero 4/6” with Italian foundry stamp. It measured 24 inches long by 8 inches high by 1 1/2 inches wide and sold for $3,900.

Capo Auction also offered a spectacular selection of jewelry. Top-selling pieces were:

• An Art Deco diamond and platinum pendant set with a center round brilliant cut diamond within rows of old European cut diamonds, 2 1/2 by 2 inches, $5,100;
• A Seaman Schepps earrings and ring set, carved turquoise and 14K yellow gold rope decoration, consisting of a domed ring and matching earrings, $4,500;
• Van Cleef & Arpels pearl and diamond flower-form pin (below) with a cluster of white cultured pearls of various size, accented with round and trillion cut diamonds, and scrolling round and baguette diamonds, 2 inches in length, $2,880.

In the decorative arts, a 15-inch Chinese porcelain bottle-form vase (below) in sang de boeuf glaze, from the collection of Erwin A. Raible, sold for $4,500, and a 12-inch signed Daum Pate de Verre vase, rose decoration, sold for $2,280.

A furniture highlight was an Andalusian marquetry mirror, circa 1900, 81 inches high that opened to 82 inches wide, lot sold for $4,800.
For details call Capo Auction Fine Art and Antiques at 718-433-3710.

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